Enabling the Location Engine

  1. From the top menu, click Radar.
  2. In the left pane, click Location Engine. The Location Engine Settings screen displays.
  3. To Enable/Disable the Location Engine, select or clear the Location Engine checkbox.
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Location Engine Settings Dialog - Fields and Buttons

Field/Button

Description

Environment Settings

Default AP Height (cm)

Enter the height of the AP based on its location on the wall.

Default Environmental Model

Select a mode that best matches the environment identified by the floor plan. Choose from one of the following modes from the drop-down list:

  • Indoor open space (halls, auditoriums)
  • Office Environment with light divisions (cubicles)
  • Office Environment with dry wall divisions
  • Office Environment with hard divisions (brick)
  • Interior Walls (need be defined in the floor plan
None Locator does not collect or triangulate RSS readings.
Clients Locator tracks active sessions only.
All

Locates all active users and all non-associated users (MAC ) around deployed APs located within the signal range. RSS readings from non-associated users are included in the Location Engine table.

Note: The Location Engine table is shared between all tracked users. This table does not increase in size and does not reserve space for associated users. Once the number of tracked users exceeds the limit,additional users will not be added to the table. Users remain in the table until they time out. Users designated as On-Demand are guaranteed space in the Location Engine table.

Track Area Change

The controller tracks the client location and can determine when a client is inside a predefined area. Select Track Area Change to trigger a notification when a client moves from one area to another. Use the notification events to improve radio resource management such as Network Access Control (NAC).

On-Demand Users

Displays a list of known MAC addresses present in the area, for example, a list of employees. On-demand users are guaranteed space in the Location Engine table.

Add

Click to create a new on-demand user. For more information, see Creating a New On-Demand User

Delete Selected

Click to delete the selected on-demand user.

Advanced

Click to open the Advanced dialog, which lists available floor plans. From the Advanced dialog, you can upload and dowload floor plans. For more information, see Downloading a Floor File

Save

Click to save changes.